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council chair kwame brown wille u.s. district court judge to learn his fate today. >> he resigned and pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in june. melanie alnwick is live in northwest d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you know, kwame brown actually has two sentencing hearings hearings today. the first in federal court on those bank fraud charged and then the second later this afternoon in d.c. superior court on campaign finance violation charges. now, as you mentioned, brown pleaded guilty in june. after a year-long investigation, the federal charges relate to providing false information on bank loan applications. one of the loan was for a 39- foot boat. brown also forged the signature of a friend on an application and doctored two forms to overstate his income by tens of thousands of dollars. the other charges go back to an audit by d.c.'s office of campaign finance. it found that brown's 2008 election campaign failed to report more than $400,000 in contributions an expenditures and that $239,000 wound u
council chair kwame brown wille u.s. district court judge to learn his fate today. >> he resigned and pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in june. melanie alnwick is live in northwest d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you know, kwame brown actually has two sentencing hearings hearings today. the first in federal court on those bank fraud charged and then the second later this afternoon in d.c. superior court on campaign finance violation charges. now, as you...
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councilman kwame brown will not do any jail time. brown is back at his d.c. home after serving one day in federal court. yesterday, a federal judge sentenced him to six months of home tea tension, two years probation and 480 hours of community service. a d.c. superior judge suspended his 30-day jail sentence. brown pleaded guilty in june to campaign violations for writing checks to cash over the legal limbed a it and also falsifying loan documents for his home and a boat. the federal judge noted that brown did not use his elected office to make personal gain or defraud the people he represented. >>> a maryland teen is accused of fatally shooting a woman and critically injuring her husband last month. police say 17-year-old joshua mebane is now linked to the shooting death of theresa bass. she and her husband were walking on i apath between hampshire circle and westlake high school last month. the teen is already in jail on separate charges accused of shooting a d.c. cab driver to death last week. last week. >>> an up expected twist in the trial of the man acc
councilman kwame brown will not do any jail time. brown is back at his d.c. home after serving one day in federal court. yesterday, a federal judge sentenced him to six months of home tea tension, two years probation and 480 hours of community service. a d.c. superior judge suspended his 30-day jail sentence. brown pleaded guilty in june to campaign violations for writing checks to cash over the legal limbed a it and also falsifying loan documents for his home and a boat. the federal judge...
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they say he was wearing a pale green long sleeved shirt, khaki pants and was carrying a brown or tan soft legislate are briefcase. anyone with information is asked to contact fairfax county police. back to you. >> very detailed description so hopefully that will help them track him down. thank you so much. >>> coming up next in the morning line-up, basketball superstars looking forward to a visit to the white house. >> he was a superstar in his own right. no, one of the nation's greatest presidents is the subject of a new movie getting a lot of oscar buzz. we'll tax a closer look at lincoln when fox 5 morning news continues. -- we'll take a closer look at lincoln when fox 5 morning news continues. >>> it is a movie that is already getting a lot of oscar buzz. >> lincoln takes a look at the life of a president who changed the course of history. adam housley has more. >> the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. >> director steven spielberg's new movie lincoln tells the story of the 16th president's final political battle trying to con
they say he was wearing a pale green long sleeved shirt, khaki pants and was carrying a brown or tan soft legislate are briefcase. anyone with information is asked to contact fairfax county police. back to you. >> very detailed description so hopefully that will help them track him down. thank you so much. >>> coming up next in the morning line-up, basketball superstars looking forward to a visit to the white house. >> he was a superstar in his own right. no, one of the...
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councilman kwame brown will be sentenced tomorrow. he reseened from his council seat back in june and brown is now facing one year in jail. but prosecutors are urging the judge to sentence him to six days in jail and three years supervised release. >>> a sprawpt manager is fighting for his life -- a restaurant manager is fighting for his life. the manager was shot when he confronted some people who were fighting in the parking lot early sunday morning. he got back into the restaurant and two employees called 911. he is listed in critical condition. >>> the alleged east coat rapist has reportedly admitted to raping several women. air op thomas spoke for a reporter for the wash post from the cell where he is awaiting trial in prince william county, virginia. he told the reporter he attacked several women in several states beginning two decades ago but he doesn't know why. thomas is scheduled to plead guilty to one case in leesburg at the end of the month. >>> in the morning line, d.c. united kicked off the eastern conference final again
councilman kwame brown will be sentenced tomorrow. he reseened from his council seat back in june and brown is now facing one year in jail. but prosecutors are urging the judge to sentence him to six days in jail and three years supervised release. >>> a sprawpt manager is fighting for his life -- a restaurant manager is fighting for his life. the manager was shot when he confronted some people who were fighting in the parking lot early sunday morning. he got back into the restaurant...
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. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> people up in new york city are fuming after finding a fema mobile office closed due to bad weather. it is on staten island where people are struggling without power, food or water right now. volunteers organized their open disaster relief on facebook gathering food and clothes for disaster victims. the mobile office is back open this morning but was closed because of the snow from this week's nor'easter. the head of fema said he closed it to save satellite equipment. >>> gas ragging started this morning in new york city and long island. today, drivers can only buy gas if their license plates end in an odd number. tomorrow, drivers with tags ending in an even number can fill up. it is because of the power outages. only a quarter of the gas stayings in new york city are operating leading to more long lines. >> it is just amazing to me. you feel like that whole area just has not been able t
. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> people up in new york city are fuming after finding a fema mobile office closed due to bad weather. it is on staten island where people are struggling without power, food or water right now. volunteers organized their open disaster relief on facebook gathering food and clothes for...